St Vincent College - Tower Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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Q A H--Q-nqtbjaxrli Above: Hook and ladder and West Penn Power repair trucks provide perches for firemen from which they can pour water into the gutted Prep building. A je -'I' Q-l ...'ct'K Above: Firemen discuss ways and means of entering the rear of the basilica in order to keep the flames from the structure. Left: 7 Smoke and super-heated air roar from the windows of Maur Hall.

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Charred bedroom Door from biology lab Strangely enough, although, perhaps, not so strange when one considers the vow of poverty taken by every Benedictine, those who lost the most from the fire, some their life's work, are the very ones who came to the fore with plans for cleaning up and re- building the damage. Perhaps the greatest loss was the loss of traditional landmarks. The famous bell tower, after which this book is named, was gutted completely. The old students' chapel, oldest building at St. Vincent, was likewise destroyed. But the spirit of St. Vincent and St. Benedicate dictate that the archabbey re- build itself, out of its own ashes. 1 illlllli llEllllS EE? lllll .1 . Sign well taken Stairway to choir loft .1 ., Empty Tower sv! .,u-.- I i I Students' chapel Evidence of intense heat 109 if .Zi I . ! 4 ? . fzfs, 1 I 1 . f